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Published: 22 October 2015

On Tuesday 20 October 2015 at a Meeting of the ICRG at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris France the Co-chairs of the ARRG reported on Guyana 's efforts to comply with the action plan containing deficiencies identified by FATF as follows :-

The enactment of the AMLCFT Amendment Act 2015 has implemented a substantial number of action items. Guyana has demonstrated its commitment to comply with the action plan and is to be commended for having met most of the deadlines. There is need to address the remaining items in particular those concerning terrorist financing.

The ARRG Co-chairs also informed that the presence of Guyana 's Attorney General at the Meeting was ample testimony that the country was taking its obligations seriously

On Thursday 22 October 2015 the Mutual Evaluation of FATF'S Members including Guyana will take place in Plenary .

Attorney General of Guyana at the Financial Action Task Force in Paris France

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Published: 22 October 2015

Attorney General of Guyana at the Financial Action Task Force in Paris France

US Ambassador pays courtesy call on Attorney General

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Published: 15 October 2015

The newly accredited US Ambassador to Guyana H.E Perry Holloway paid a courtesy call today October 15, 2015 on Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs Basil Williams at the AG Chambers. The Ambassador was accompanied by U.S. Embassy Economic and Political Officer, Georgetown Frisco Mc Donald.

THE Government of Guyana will soon be examining the likelihood of signing onto the Hague Convention, to ensure that justice can be obtained in a wider range of family related issues, when the Family Court commences its work. Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General Basil Williams explained that this move would be a strategic one for Guyana given is geographic location. “We are a cross border country…our people live in Brazil, Suriname and Venezuela and establish relationships… you find a child comes back to Guyana with its mother (and) usually the husband follows and claims the child was abducted…hosting a Hague Conference on family law which deals with the private international aspects in cross border countries would be beneficial to us,” Minister Williams explained.

Family Court rules being finalised October 6, 2015 By GuyanaTimes

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Published: 13 October 2015

The long-awaited Family Court seems closer to being operationalised.

Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Basil Williams on Monday said he had spoken to the Chancellor who was in the “process of fine-tuning the rules”. The AG added that two Judges have been selected and there was a need for the establishment of a registry. Furthermore, he posited that whenever the rules are presented to him, his Office will be ready for the necessary implementation.

The Attorney General, who was meeting with the new Head of Delegation of the European Union to Guyana Ambassador, Jernej Videticon, is of the view that there should be a Hague conference on family law and private international aspects for ‘cross border’ countries like Guyana.